Tory Burch **CLOSED** Authenticate This TORY BURCH

[pompom960416]

Where did you buy the bag from? Tags are not usually an issue, there are many differences, the year, the retailer lots of reasons.

Hi, I bought it on a HK online platform:
http://carousell.com/wow.fantastic.wow/

There are quite a lot of photos of other styles,too.
Its price is around 30-40% off , and the seller said their source is supplied by HK distributor. And as its from the internal source(I thk maybe like staff discount?!), so they cant provide the reciept to me.
Please advice~ Loads of thanks!!

 

[reginaPhalange]

I agree with harlem_cutie about not providing too many details but I have another theory also. It is that if counterfeiters try to perfect too many details it will make their fake products more expensive. They are usually making a cheap product so they may not try to perfect many of the details. I think the more expensive brands like Prada and such we worry about perfected details in fakes. Maybe I'm wrong but the few TB fakes I saw were so obviously fake.

I also agree with harlem_cutie - we should be more cautious about the extent to which we discuss the finer details of items that are being authenticated. With those creating counterfeit products they are able to create more accurate replicas which in turn are harder to authenticate. This is an even greater issue since authentications here are based off of pictures and all of our authenticators provide the services for free by taking the time out of their day, it doesn't make sense to indirectly complicate that process for them.

 

[vintagecoachie]

Thanks! But my Robinson is bought in store, so its real. So Im just curious on the Marion one.
Thanks anyway~~

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Yes, so your authentic Robinson bag and my authentic Marion both have matching fonts. Which would lead me to conclude there should be some tag font consistency. I am not an authenticator and obviously haven't seen your actual bag to compare - but just looking at our tags, our Marion Slouchy Tote tags do not match exactly... if that's the info you were looking for.

 

[vintagecoachie]

Hi, I bought it on a HK online platform:
http://carousell.com/wow.fantastic.wow/

There are quite a lot of photos of other styles,too.
Its price is around 30-40% off , and the seller said their source is supplied by HK distributor. And as its from the internal source(I thk maybe like staff discount?!), so they cant provide the reciept to me.
Please advice~ Loads of thanks!!

This sounds shady... sorry

 

[damugatu]

Hi, I bought it on a HK online platform:
http://carousell.com/wow.fantastic.wow/

There are quite a lot of photos of other styles,too.
Its price is around 30-40% off , and the seller said their source is supplied by HK distributor. And as its from the internal source(I thk maybe like staff discount?!), so they cant provide the reciept to me.
Please advice~ Loads of thanks!!

You should ask the seller for a more straight up answer to your question about the source. With factories in China making the goods for such slim margins sometimes they have to let samples or otherwise not-for-retail/export goods out to recoup material costs.

This message sent from ridiculously close to the manufacturing factory in Southern China.

 

[harlem_cutie]

I agree with harlem_cutie about not providing too many details but I have another theory also. It is that if counterfeiters try to perfect too many details it will make their fake products more expensive. They are usually making a cheap product so they may not try to perfect many of the details. I think the more expensive brands like Prada and such we worry about perfected details in fakes. Maybe I'm wrong but the few TB fakes I saw were so obviously fake.

I agree on your second point as well. If you look through this thread from about January of this year you will see several known sellers of counterfeit bags asking oddly specific questions such as font size on the tags.

Obvious fakes are easy to spot but when you start dealing with the better fakes found in Britten and Fleming bags authentication becomes harder because this is when details matter especially since hardware on authentic bags is no longer engraved. Who can forget we had a professional authenticator approve a fake bag in the last few weeks.

I think it's smart that we don't address finer details other than to say fake or real.

 

[harlem_cutie]

General - there are about 6 known price tag styles. Don't forget that certain retailers have their own tag styles. Lane Crawford and Harrod's comes to mind.

I have been seeing a lot of cheap and authentic York totes on eBay and almost all of them have damaged handles and/or peeling trim. I wonder if TB refuses to fix these defects or if sellers just don't know this is an option.

 

[pompom960416]

Thanks everyone's advice~
I would only say: I sware I won't buy from unauthorized source anymore!
Even if its real, this kind of fidgety is really suffered. ((

 

[harlem_cutie]

Hi, I bought it on a HK online platform:
http://carousell.com/wow.fantastic.wow/

There are quite a lot of photos of other styles,too.
Its price is around 30-40% off , and the seller said their source is supplied by HK distributor. And as its from the internal source(I thk maybe like staff discount?!), so they cant provide the reciept to me.
Please advice~ Loads of thanks!!

These are all generic pics. You should post pics of the actual bag you received because I bet all of these bags are fake. These same pics are on ebay and Tradesy selling fake bags.

 

[damugatu]

Thanks everyone's advice~
I would only say: I sware I won't buy from unauthorized source anymore!
Even if its real, this kind of fidgety is really suffered. ((

Not to discourage you from buying from a third party, you just have to do your homework before buying. I did mine and picked up my tb bags at a price that would probably have everyone here faint on the floor.

 

[amel88]

Hi.. i'm a new member, but i've been reading threads ever since..
I need help authenticating my marion flap bag please..
Hope someone could help me.. thank's anyway
Item name : marion flap bag
seller id : a seller on instagram.. she said she bought it on a outlet during the sale
Made in China
HSP 037
11-14

 

[amel88]

This is another picture marion flap bag

 

[fab2fab]

It's real

 

[amel88]

It's real

Thank u

It's real

Thank you your feedback

 

[vintagecoachie]

I agree on your second point as well. If you look through this thread from about January of this year you will see several known sellers of counterfeit bags asking oddly specific questions such as font size on the tags.

Obvious fakes are easy to spot but when you start dealing with the better fakes found in Britten and Fleming bags authentication becomes harder because this is when details matter especially since hardware on authentic bags is no longer engraved. Who can forget we had a professional authenticator approve a fake bag in the last few weeks.

I think it's smart that we don't address finer details other than to say fake or real.

I hope I didn't break any rules for sharing my authentic tag and comparing it to the one in question. I was trying to be helpful, but I can see how it might fall into that category of giving too many specifics on the "finer details"... Oops